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this is not the obama administration, clinton administration. i think it is unfortunate because what the united states stands for is in line with what the arab revolution have been publicly espousing. i think that we have done, and i take responsibility with the government and congress and perhaps the private sector -- we have not done a good job reaching out in a public media way or culturally to explain ourselves. i am always encountering some many conspiracy theories that are made up stuff that the media promotes about the united states that is untrue. our response is nobody will believe it or we cannot contests it. i think we should be in there every single day. i made a point of reaching out to al jazeera. it was relentlessly negative about us. i said that is inaccurate and deeply unfair. their response was, your government never put anybody on al jazeera. i said that is going to change. you cannot expect a change unless you're not willing to get off the bench. that is our fault. we in our efforts to support democracy still are held account
this is not the obama administration, clinton administration. i think it is unfortunate because what the united states stands for is in line with what the arab revolution have been publicly espousing. i think that we have done, and i take responsibility with the government and congress and perhaps the private sector -- we have not done a good job reaching out in a public media way or culturally to explain ourselves. i am always encountering some many conspiracy theories that are made up stuff...
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i think this is the biggest threat to president obama is legacy. i think it is incredibly dangerous. he is basicking trying to turn this into homeland crossed with terminator. you are talking about american citizens here. you cannot throw american citizens in jail indefinitely or fascinate them or execute them without trial just based on intelligence. intelligence can be wrong. weapons of mass destruction. on an international level are we talking war here or assassination. the international law is all over the paper. you have 40 countries developing armed drones. what happens when china and iran start using armed drones of the the -- armed drones. it is a huge threat to america. >> she feels strongly, jonathon, much more strongly than i do. i was thinking about the chinese food i am having later. >> buy american. >> a lot of people were talking about the assassination of american citizens. to me they are not american citizens so i don't care. >> i i am not overly concerned. there is no chance of a drone being used there. >> i agree with patrick. th
i think this is the biggest threat to president obama is legacy. i think it is incredibly dangerous. he is basicking trying to turn this into homeland crossed with terminator. you are talking about american citizens here. you cannot throw american citizens in jail indefinitely or fascinate them or execute them without trial just based on intelligence. intelligence can be wrong. weapons of mass destruction. on an international level are we talking war here or assassination. the international law...
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obama to stay out of it. and boehner also said the president lacked quote the courage to take on his heart on long-term spending, and that when it comes to cutting the deficit, and i quote, i don't think he has the guts to do it. mr. president, many economies believe that spending cuts are holding them back. boehner and his followers are not ready to compromise. 70% of voters say they would support a path of citizenship including the majority of republicans. but that number drops to 59% when president obama's name is added. with more on what to expect tonight. let's go to david shuster live in washington, d.c. good evening. >> john, good evening to you. >> john: great to have you. what sorts of specifics should we expect from the president tonight. >> he'll focus on the new initiatives, manufacturing, infrastructure, education and clean energy. the president has made it clear and you can see this in some of what he has said to other reporters in build-up that none of the new initiatives are going to cost a di
obama to stay out of it. and boehner also said the president lacked quote the courage to take on his heart on long-term spending, and that when it comes to cutting the deficit, and i quote, i don't think he has the guts to do it. mr. president, many economies believe that spending cuts are holding them back. boehner and his followers are not ready to compromise. 70% of voters say they would support a path of citizenship including the majority of republicans. but that number drops to 59% when...
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the effect i have boehner's argument to make president obama seem reasonable. after all, the president certainly agrees with boehner, the sequester cuts and different jobs, the difference is that obama wants to avoid them. couldn't have said it better, that was byron york. >> well? >> well, it's not an honor you get every day. what can i say? that was exactly what i wrote, but it wasn't all that i wrote. i mean, what i basically wrote was, why is john boehner subscribing to the same rehe torehe-- rhetorical talking points? boehner in the op-ed came out and said this sequester will do enormous damage to u.s. national security and to jobs. he said it was detrimental to both of those things which is president obama's position entirely, instead of saying that the sequester is a relatively small first step toward getting federal spending under control in a way that would ultimately help the economy. >> let we get back to my first, if sequestration isn't, maybe we'd get as many as we might have if we spent money and if we're at the status quo. >> they're talking as f
the effect i have boehner's argument to make president obama seem reasonable. after all, the president certainly agrees with boehner, the sequester cuts and different jobs, the difference is that obama wants to avoid them. couldn't have said it better, that was byron york. >> well? >> well, it's not an honor you get every day. what can i say? that was exactly what i wrote, but it wasn't all that i wrote. i mean, what i basically wrote was, why is john boehner subscribing to the same...
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you talk about obama's housing stunt a year ago. president obama and the state of the union promised a task force of prosecutors. to come after wall street firms on those broken mortgages and you say it went nowhere and earned criticism even of liberal allies. additionally, glen kessler has some broken promises up on "the washington post." does anyone really pay attention to the promises? handed out in a state of the union and then go back and hold anyone to them or is this just for show anyway? >> sounds like politico and "the washington post" only ones doing that right now. people generally don't pay attention to what the president's proposals are. he's been talking about a national infrastructure bank for years now. >> right. >> i guarantee you hear about him wanting innovation and nobody really goes back and checks on most of these promises. obviously, the very big ones saying i intend to get an immigration bill done this year, that's something the people keep tabs on, gun control legislation, sure. but a lot of times the presid
you talk about obama's housing stunt a year ago. president obama and the state of the union promised a task force of prosecutors. to come after wall street firms on those broken mortgages and you say it went nowhere and earned criticism even of liberal allies. additionally, glen kessler has some broken promises up on "the washington post." does anyone really pay attention to the promises? handed out in a state of the union and then go back and hold anyone to them or is this just for...
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president obama expecting to focus on the economy. and coming up in just a few minutes, we'll be talking with new york congresswoman, nita lowey. but back here in rome the surprise, shocking abdication by pope benedict is sparking a lot of conversations about the direction of the catholic church. the next pope will have to deal with the fallout of the priest sex abuse scandal, among other things, and always the question of, what happens when you have a situation that we haven't been in since the middle ages. joining me is vatican spokesman, greg fur. good to see you. >> thank you. >> first of all, what's going on back at the vatican? who's meeting? how are these decisions being made, for example, about when the conclave will be? >> that's all going to be decided in the coming days, not so fast. for right now, live goes on as normal, but not really normal. that's an exaggeration, to say normal. yesterday was a holiday. i thought i would have the day off, didn't turn out to be much of a day off. but in the coming days, i think we'll get
president obama expecting to focus on the economy. and coming up in just a few minutes, we'll be talking with new york congresswoman, nita lowey. but back here in rome the surprise, shocking abdication by pope benedict is sparking a lot of conversations about the direction of the catholic church. the next pope will have to deal with the fallout of the priest sex abuse scandal, among other things, and always the question of, what happens when you have a situation that we haven't been in since...
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and of course, we are at the beginning of the second term for president obama. our great leader, tom vilsack, has an opportunity to share his visions for the second term. it does seem like it is sequester, sequester, sequester these days, and that does weigh heavily on our shoulders. we are plowing through and going to do great things in the second term. i am sure he is excited to share that with you. i also want to recognize that we have a lot of young people in the audience from the outlook forum student diversity program, now in its seventh year. 20 undergraduates, and for the first time, 10 graduate students, are here to gain insights into food and agriculture. so be sure to seek them out during the breaks. if you see them in the sessions, congratulate them for being here. mentor them a little over the course of a couple days. that would be great. i know how important these young people are, because i have an alumnus of this program, johnnie jones, who works in my office. these are the people who are going to lead american agriculture in the future. many tha
and of course, we are at the beginning of the second term for president obama. our great leader, tom vilsack, has an opportunity to share his visions for the second term. it does seem like it is sequester, sequester, sequester these days, and that does weigh heavily on our shoulders. we are plowing through and going to do great things in the second term. i am sure he is excited to share that with you. i also want to recognize that we have a lot of young people in the audience from the outlook...
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later that day -- president obama at the white house. later that day, he discussed his economic plan which has been called abenomics. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for coming. i am delighted to have you here. i am the president of css. i have to share with with you, this is a little story. the more important you are in washington, the worse you are treated when you come to a building. there were six elevators, you could take any one you wanted. but if you're the prime minister of japan, you have to come on the trash elevator. we make you come down to reserve room. that is what it means when you are important. it is called security. we are delighted to have the prime minister here. this is an exciting time for us. we know of his leadership through the years and we are really delighted to have him here. we are excited that he can be with us today. i would especially like to say words of thanks for our colleagues. we are delighted to have you here, a senior advisor to the prime minister is here. the deputy chief and cabinet se
later that day -- president obama at the white house. later that day, he discussed his economic plan which has been called abenomics. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for coming. i am delighted to have you here. i am the president of css. i have to share with with you, this is a little story. the more important you are in washington, the worse you are treated when you come to a building. there were six elevators, you could take any one you wanted. but if you're the prime...
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obama called for what he called swift and credible action, including new u.n. sanctions. >>> prime minister shinzo abe says the test is a grave threat to japan and is unacceptable. abe says the test is a serious challenge to arms reduction and nuclear nonproliferation. he says they have tried to resolve difference with their counterparts in pyongyang without success. abe is urging north korea to take control over their nuclear and missile programs. a group of north korean represents interests the interests of pyongyang in tokyo. chief cabinet member said if five senior members visit home they will not be allowed to re-enter japan. they are also considering further sanctions. >>> north korean leaders have heard similar criticisms before and they've ignored them. nhk world kangookamoto has more. >> reporter: the work in mid-1980s they built north korea facilities. u.s. japan and others demanded full access to the sites. north korean officials refused. they insisted the program was for peaceful purposes not for obtaining plutonium. the confrontation escalated. >>
obama called for what he called swift and credible action, including new u.n. sanctions. >>> prime minister shinzo abe says the test is a grave threat to japan and is unacceptable. abe says the test is a serious challenge to arms reduction and nuclear nonproliferation. he says they have tried to resolve difference with their counterparts in pyongyang without success. abe is urging north korea to take control over their nuclear and missile programs. a group of north korean represents...
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positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars rather than administration services had an increased chance of representing the united states in western europe and a small a chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most part unlikely to be considered so what is the quote unquote price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends in monaco topped the list with the level of personal contributions of six point two million dollars the price for a position in the u.k. the authors find appears to be between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the post go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like ye
positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars rather than administration services had an increased chance of representing the united states in western europe and a small a chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the...
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president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's cyber defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets . now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet that together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt a position of purel
president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's cyber defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets . now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but...
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positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars rather than administration services had an increased chance of representing the united states in western europe and the smallest chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisors involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most part unlikely to be considered so what is the quote unquote price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends and monaco topped the list with the level of personal contributions at six point two million dollars the price for a position in the u.k. the authors find appears to be between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the post go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places lik
positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars rather than administration services had an increased chance of representing the united states in western europe and the smallest chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisors involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the...
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gee likes to compare himself to barack obama but think about the way obama very carefully managed his sort of entrance and sort of the way he sort of rolled himself out, right? he was very low key in the beginning even though there was a lot of star power to him, and he kind of brought himself out on very substantive issues. i mean, rubio, i guess immigration is substantive even though it's not hiss own grds necessa ideas necessarily. here he is on covers, the savior. >> he's wrapping himself in the republican brand. right now the republican brand is badly damaged. so he's got to submit himself with them where as to your point, karen, when barack obama did it, he did it on his own terms. >> i have to interrupt you because we have an update now on the manhunt for former police officer christopher dorner. nbc's john yang is in burbank. john, what can you tell us? >> right now we have indications of a gunfight going on on a highway outside of big bear lake. we can hear gunfire on the radio scanners. there are now a report from -- that our l.a. station knbc has that a state fish and wildl
gee likes to compare himself to barack obama but think about the way obama very carefully managed his sort of entrance and sort of the way he sort of rolled himself out, right? he was very low key in the beginning even though there was a lot of star power to him, and he kind of brought himself out on very substantive issues. i mean, rubio, i guess immigration is substantive even though it's not hiss own grds necessa ideas necessarily. here he is on covers, the savior. >> he's wrapping...
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president obama. nhk world explains. >> reporter: shinzo abe has vowed to get the economy growing again during his second shot at power. the prime minister told americans that he was back and so was japan. he and president barack obama issued a statement that signaled abe might be leaning towards joining the asians on the transpacific partnership. they said japanese officials would not have to abolish tariffs on rice or other agricultural products before beginning the talks. abe told obama he may increase defense spending. he said he's even considering allowing japan to exercise its right to collective self-defense, the right to defend an ally under attack. the official position of the japanese government is that collective self-defense is against the constitution. abe explained japan's position on the senkaku islands. japan purchased the islands in september. chinese ships have entered japanese waters around them repeatedly over the last several months. >> translator: president obama and i agree that
president obama. nhk world explains. >> reporter: shinzo abe has vowed to get the economy growing again during his second shot at power. the prime minister told americans that he was back and so was japan. he and president barack obama issued a statement that signaled abe might be leaning towards joining the asians on the transpacific partnership. they said japanese officials would not have to abolish tariffs on rice or other agricultural products before beginning the talks. abe told...
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it is president obama. it is nothing more than a fig leaf, if you will, for the president's executive an imperial power. it involves the treasury secretary of homeland. we go through the executive departments. nothing more than the president of the united states himself siding is a way. he should do its trade up and boldly, perhaps address it tonight in the city the union. >> all the leaders of the process in every one of the executive agencies are political appointees. in some instances there also senate confirmed and i hope that in the senate confirmations that come up this week and next that we have a chance to keep asking us questions about why there is this giveaway during this second term of the obama administration lou: let me ask you. why is there this giveaway by this president now? >> i believe that he feels unconstrained and feels that he can repay favors that have been done both in the cynical political world. i also noted that bill daley, is former chief of staff and a representative of ron ema
it is president obama. it is nothing more than a fig leaf, if you will, for the president's executive an imperial power. it involves the treasury secretary of homeland. we go through the executive departments. nothing more than the president of the united states himself siding is a way. he should do its trade up and boldly, perhaps address it tonight in the city the union. >> all the leaders of the process in every one of the executive agencies are political appointees. in some instances...
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vice president -- >>> president obama's state of the union speech contained nearly 6,500 words. now, look at this word cloud of his speech. the more often he used a word, the bigger it appears. jobs is by far the most prominent. he said the job or jobs 47 times. the president wants to create more jobs. so do most americans. so how to do it. i spoke with a man uniquely positioned to know. larry summers has been one of the world's leading economists for 30 years. he has served as treasury secretary, president of harvard and director of the national economic council. welcome, larry summers. >> good to be with you, fareed. >> so, the president wants to create jobs. everyone tells him this is the number one priority that the administration should have. put very simply, why has it been so difficult so far? why are we so many years, almost five years into a recovery and the distinctive feature of it is just aren't those many jobs. >> fareed, this has been a unique, not unique, but unusual kind of downturn. it's a downturn that came because there was too much leverage. asset prices got
vice president -- >>> president obama's state of the union speech contained nearly 6,500 words. now, look at this word cloud of his speech. the more often he used a word, the bigger it appears. jobs is by far the most prominent. he said the job or jobs 47 times. the president wants to create more jobs. so do most americans. so how to do it. i spoke with a man uniquely positioned to know. larry summers has been one of the world's leading economists for 30 years. he has served as...
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and president obama just insisted on raising their taxes. americans know that another tax hike will not help them. they want to get spending under control so the economy can grow and they have opportunities again. democrats say we should replace the president's sequester with revenue increases or delay it. republicans say we should replace with responsible reforms that will help us on a path that will balance the budget for the next 10 years. the republicans may not be the majority party here and washington, but the majority of the american people agree with us on this. we will stand with the american people. >> there are a number of initiatives that the senate is moving ahead. you think it will be a problem for democrats to get behind some of these proposals? although he has not been specific, you have had certain issues with certain bills. it will be tough for harry reid and the senate's. these are issues that will come over here at some point. don't you think it will hold up the process if he is having trouble on these issues? >> the proc
and president obama just insisted on raising their taxes. americans know that another tax hike will not help them. they want to get spending under control so the economy can grow and they have opportunities again. democrats say we should replace the president's sequester with revenue increases or delay it. republicans say we should replace with responsible reforms that will help us on a path that will balance the budget for the next 10 years. the republicans may not be the majority party here...
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and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller military that will do fewer things and go to fewer places. so that is the kind of book i wanted to write. i thought that i should do it even though others have really had ma named a lot of this. i am sure you are familiar with the work of d-nd for example, who wrote things such as the american empire and years before that, john neuhaus, one of my favorite writers wrote in imperial america and other books have dealt with this with an unusual background in the sense that i spent 42 years in the government and the state department, defense department and the cia have security clearances for that entire len
and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller...
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president obama prepares his state of the union address. can he persuade those who did not vote for him? >> why should we? he is just the opposite of what we believe it. . >> welcome to our viewers on public television. tonight condonation is being leveled in north korea after they carried out a nuclear missile test in defiance of the united nations warnings. hours before president obama delivers his state of the union address, the white house calls it a highly provocative act. even the only major ally china is expecting from opposition. from south korea, and david reports. >> in an isolated paranoid nation this was hailed as a moment of national pride. >> this proves how great our military is, even if millions of enemies is half as we will win. - attack us we will one. >> this was about half as a parable of the atom -- powerful of the atom bombs america dropped on japan. last december, north korea put a satellite into orbit. it was in defiance of u.n. resolutions and marked a major step in its reocket technology. they say they have made a
president obama prepares his state of the union address. can he persuade those who did not vote for him? >> why should we? he is just the opposite of what we believe it. . >> welcome to our viewers on public television. tonight condonation is being leveled in north korea after they carried out a nuclear missile test in defiance of the united nations warnings. hours before president obama delivers his state of the union address, the white house calls it a highly provocative act. even...
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and i visited president obama as he begins a second administration, and you see lacked the second, the new secretary defense has not yet arrived, it is suggested still trying to build his team and the administrators trying to get their interagency review undertaken. all of this in the midst of a readiness crisis, sort of budget induced. this is a very tenuous time. so kim jong-un has chosen his timing very well. he knows exactly what he is doing in terms of looking to work the scene. the scenes of south korean politics, chinese politics, u.s. politics, and setting the chessboard so that he now thinks he is on the offensive. so this leads me to my second point which is jong-un is unfortunately miscalculating about the dangers that will be perceived outside of korea. that is, he's not just increasing the chances of proliferation in the region and out of the region, but he is crucially increasing the chances of conflict. the security risk, in other words, is not stable, but rather into this concept of the author of black swans that risk is not in the past. risk is in the future. so if we
and i visited president obama as he begins a second administration, and you see lacked the second, the new secretary defense has not yet arrived, it is suggested still trying to build his team and the administrators trying to get their interagency review undertaken. all of this in the midst of a readiness crisis, sort of budget induced. this is a very tenuous time. so kim jong-un has chosen his timing very well. he knows exactly what he is doing in terms of looking to work the scene. the scenes...
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another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today coming up we're told from where chuck hagel starts after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. also later this hour the cost of peace and money doubles with african nations now demanding almost a billion dollars to maintain a force that france has its own plans for the region to the details in just a few miles. having tried this stick it will reportedly be the current for iran today as well pa was made with tehran's nuclear representatives in kazakhstan according to sources the islamic republic will even be offered a let up on sanctions to run shuts down a fortified nuclear site buried in a mountain and hold some of its enrichment activities in return according to reports sanctions on the trade in gold and precious metals could be lifted the measures along with an oil embargo has put tremendous pressure on iran but is also used more is the notion of course now they've also prepared the ground for some of the country's exports. the international ban on iranian oi
another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today coming up we're told from where chuck hagel starts after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. also later this hour the cost of peace and money doubles with african nations now demanding almost a billion dollars to maintain a force that france has its own plans for the region to the details in just a few miles. having tried this stick it will reportedly be the current for...
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obama signed a new executive order to strengthen cyber defenses. officials said last year that the number of cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure has ren draticl dramatically. they reported 198 cases in 2011. only nine two years earlier. >>> japanese and chinese officials have not seen eye to eye over the past few months but two diplomats have found some common ground. they agreed to cooperate on the nuclear program in north korea. shinsuke met in beijing with a special envoy for korean peninsula wu dawei. north korean scientists conducted a nuclear test last week. he said the test and rocket launch in december cannot be condoned. he asked chinese officials in pyongyang to exercise greater restraint. >> japan has high expectations for china's role because of its close political and economic ties with the north. >> he said that they agreed to improved communication and cooperation. he said the chinese is taking a stern view of north korea's nuclear program. authorities have given a heroes welcome to people that carried out the test.invine
obama signed a new executive order to strengthen cyber defenses. officials said last year that the number of cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure has ren draticl dramatically. they reported 198 cases in 2011. only nine two years earlier. >>> japanese and chinese officials have not seen eye to eye over the past few months but two diplomats have found some common ground. they agreed to cooperate on the nuclear program in north korea. shinsuke met in beijing with a special...
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they called it takes center stage during bronc obama's state of the union address but the targeted killing of terrorist suspects including americans without charge or trial fails to make the content case key speech. north korea faces more sanctions as the un security council strongly condemns pyongyang said and the most powerful underground nuclear test today. and as high earners on the banks and how the way you are a small business owners call their government taxes suffocating as pressure mounts during tough financial times. international news and comments live from moscow this is all she with me. hello and welcome to the program. bronco bamma devoted has found state of the union address of his second term to trying to appease norway cars and tongue spares with fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt and deficit but certain domestic and foreign policy issues which washington has been criticized for well notably left out of his speech last night are all he's got metric on in washington for the details so that i get a guy that is so of the speech americans were expecting obama t
they called it takes center stage during bronc obama's state of the union address but the targeted killing of terrorist suspects including americans without charge or trial fails to make the content case key speech. north korea faces more sanctions as the un security council strongly condemns pyongyang said and the most powerful underground nuclear test today. and as high earners on the banks and how the way you are a small business owners call their government taxes suffocating as pressure...
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yesterday president obama blamed republicans for holding up a deal. the president said they could lose their jobs. >> these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy. >> reporter: president obama wants to reduce the cuts with new revenue. house speaker john boehner says the debate is closed. >> republicans are not comfortable with the cuts but they want to see spending cuts implemented. >> reporter: lawmakers on home at recess are feeling the pinch. >> the american people expect us to get serious about this and we're serious about deficit reduction. >> reporter: a new deficit reduction plan bier have got to get out of that plan. >> reporter: it calls for changes to health care, social security, and the tax code. at this point, it looks like we will hit the sequester, at least for a period of time. many republicans see it as the only way to begin addressing the federal deficit. in washington, daniel lee, nbc news. >> stay with news4 for continuing coverage of the sequestration showdown as the march 1st deadline approaches. if yo
yesterday president obama blamed republicans for holding up a deal. the president said they could lose their jobs. >> these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy. >> reporter: president obama wants to reduce the cuts with new revenue. house speaker john boehner says the debate is closed. >> republicans are not comfortable with the cuts but they want to see spending cuts implemented. >> reporter: lawmakers on home at recess are feeling the...
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i'm going to be here longer than president obama, and i care about that time. i think the conversation is starting and it feels like we're at 2007 not 2013. there was a huge failure in copenhagen to get a global accord. that set america back several years. we're starting now to have the type of conversations that countries had in the late 2000. australia, my home country passed a comprehensive carbon package that seems to be slowly welcomed by the public. but the start is just as important as the end. as long as we start the conversation. as a journalist i've got a job to do. >> michael: that's important. tell me one more dog whistle. we didn't hear the word "keystone" the other night. what is the role of keystone? is it a bargaining chip or the president may not even support the keystone pipeline. >> i don't know. this is going to be an interesting year with the new secretary of state who will be ultimately the one who signs off on this. this is going beyond state- state-foreign borders. so john kerry's role is going to be interesting. obama, there is very lit
i'm going to be here longer than president obama, and i care about that time. i think the conversation is starting and it feels like we're at 2007 not 2013. there was a huge failure in copenhagen to get a global accord. that set america back several years. we're starting now to have the type of conversations that countries had in the late 2000. australia, my home country passed a comprehensive carbon package that seems to be slowly welcomed by the public. but the start is just as important as...
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even though president obama has said the u.s. does not have a spending problem, a new fox poll shows americans overwhelmingly believe the country's pursestrings are way too loose. take a look at this. a whopping 83% of americans say the federal government does have a spending problem. south dakota republican senator john thune agrees saying washington is addicted to spending your money. >> at $16.4 trillion, our nation's total debt is now larger than our entire economy. this means that every man, woman and child owes a $53,000 share of this debt. that level of spending is unsustainable. the only way, the only way to dig ourselves out of this hole and put our country on a sound financial footing is to get spending under control. jon: senator john thune joins me now from the capitol. senator thune, president obama won re-election in part touting the same thing that got him through his first term which seemed to involve a lot of government spending. how do you turn that around? >> be good question, jon. and i expect tonight we'll he
even though president obama has said the u.s. does not have a spending problem, a new fox poll shows americans overwhelmingly believe the country's pursestrings are way too loose. take a look at this. a whopping 83% of americans say the federal government does have a spending problem. south dakota republican senator john thune agrees saying washington is addicted to spending your money. >> at $16.4 trillion, our nation's total debt is now larger than our entire economy. this means that...
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abe and obama will meet on friday at the white house. japanese government officials say the leaders will discuss the deployment of a second x band radar. u.s. army personnel already operate those systems at an air self-defense force base in northern japan. one government official says the additional system will make it possible to track missiles aimed at japan or the u.s. >>> a north korean diplomat made another kind of threat at the united nations conference on disarmament. he said what he called south korea's erratic behavior would only herald its final destruction. he made the remark in a meeting in geneva. delegates from south korea and the netherlands had criticized the latest nuclear test. the representative from seoul urged the north koreans to halt their nuclear program, saying it's damaging stability on the korean peninsula. the north korean diplomat said authorities there want to bolster their defenses against a possible invasion. his remarks drew immediate criticism. a british delegate said the comments were inappropriate for
abe and obama will meet on friday at the white house. japanese government officials say the leaders will discuss the deployment of a second x band radar. u.s. army personnel already operate those systems at an air self-defense force base in northern japan. one government official says the additional system will make it possible to track missiles aimed at japan or the u.s. >>> a north korean diplomat made another kind of threat at the united nations conference on disarmament. he said...
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president obama is a left of center politician. the republican party is a right of center political party. there will be natural differences that exist. that is what we are watching. this is a policy debate. it is frustrating, at moments, clearly, but that is the truth. host: a question from twitter -- host: what do you think about the odds -? guest: i think his odds are a little bit different. i think democratic chances are a lot better in 2014, particularly the republicans continue to be paved the way they are. gary raises a good point about what the american public wants. i do not know that they want divided government that leads to gridlock. i think what i would prefer to the parties in washington that have a different view, as david points out, and maybe one view is a little left of center, and one is right of center, and what they would like is to get the two parties together and say, you know what? we will not get everything we want every single time. we will compromise. we'll come to the middle. we will give up some things
president obama is a left of center politician. the republican party is a right of center political party. there will be natural differences that exist. that is what we are watching. this is a policy debate. it is frustrating, at moments, clearly, but that is the truth. host: a question from twitter -- host: what do you think about the odds -? guest: i think his odds are a little bit different. i think democratic chances are a lot better in 2014, particularly the republicans continue to be...
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." >>> barack obama has some unfinished business. the u.s. president says the hard work of millions of americans has not been rewarded and he says it's time to reunite the engine of economic growth. he promised to work on behalf of the middle class in his state of the union address. >> it is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country, the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like or who you love. >> obama made the address before a joint session of congress. he said his first priority is making the country a magnet for new jobs in manufacturing. he said some of those jobs could come through investment and clean energy. he said the extreme weather americans have seen should remind them they need to do more to combat climate change. obama said america will remain the anchor of strong alliances around the world, as he outlined threats from abroad. he criticized north korean leaders a day after they carried out another nucl
." >>> barack obama has some unfinished business. the u.s. president says the hard work of millions of americans has not been rewarded and he says it's time to reunite the engine of economic growth. he promised to work on behalf of the middle class in his state of the union address. >> it is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country, the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from,...
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president obama will announce 34,000 u.s. troops currently in afghanistan will be back home by this time yex neanext year. it is a big foreign policy to be made, it's expected to be largely about economic issues and the middle class. >> what do you think, is it going to be partisan or more of an olive branch? >> i don't think it will be either, if i can be so bold as to take something that you're not offering a choice that you're not offering. >> you may take it as always. >> i think he will be assertive. i think he will not perceive, he and the white house will not perceive what he's saying as overtly confrontational. i'm sure it will be interpreted that way. i don't anticipate a big olive branch of a speech. he'll talk about common sense measures republicans have supported in the past and stlu as bipartisan. >> the agenda on immigration, gun control, climate by definition, pre-stage conflict with republicans who are ambivalent at best about moving forward on anything. on the other hand, on the big issue of the debt and defi
president obama will announce 34,000 u.s. troops currently in afghanistan will be back home by this time yex neanext year. it is a big foreign policy to be made, it's expected to be largely about economic issues and the middle class. >> what do you think, is it going to be partisan or more of an olive branch? >> i don't think it will be either, if i can be so bold as to take something that you're not offering a choice that you're not offering. >> you may take it as always....
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president barack obama have met for the first time. they just wrapped up a meeting in washington and touched on everything from the threat posed by north korea to a wide ranging free trade agreement. abe says he and obama agree ed concrete policies and the alliance's future direction. >> translator: i can confidently say the trust and bond in the japan/u.s. alliance are completely restored. >> obviously, japan is one of our closest allies. and the u.s./japan alliance is the central foundation for our regional security and so much of what we do in the pacific region. >> abe said he and obama agreed to take decisive action in response to north korea's missile launches and tests. abe says they'll work together on a new ruz aleutian and tougher sanctions. he also spoke about the east china sea. china and taiwan claim it. he says his administration would respond calmly to china's challenges and noted the u.s.-japan alliance acts as a stabilizing factor. both governments issued a statement on the u.s.-led negotiations for the trans pacific p
president barack obama have met for the first time. they just wrapped up a meeting in washington and touched on everything from the threat posed by north korea to a wide ranging free trade agreement. abe says he and obama agree ed concrete policies and the alliance's future direction. >> translator: i can confidently say the trust and bond in the japan/u.s. alliance are completely restored. >> obviously, japan is one of our closest allies. and the u.s./japan alliance is the central...
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the parents of hadiya pendleton will be among the guests of first lady michelle obama. she attended hadiya's funeral on saturday and police lieutenant brian murphy hit by 15 bullets responding to the temple shooting last august in wisconsin. newtown victims and first responders also there tonight including a teacher wounded but that survived and rocker turned activist ted nugent who was investigated by the secret service after telling an nra convention, quote, if barack obama's elected i'll be dead or in jail next year this time. he'll be the guest of texas congressman stockman and steve gutierrez a leading voice of immigration reform bringing undocumented immigrant, the south carolina husband and father of two where citizens and fighting deportation and speaker john boehner's guests are a small business owner and an ex-bat boy for the cincinnati reds. mark murray joining us. a guest list says a lot about anyone, having a party at the home or a state of the union. here we have the more controversial guest on the list, i think most people would agree is ted nugent. texas
the parents of hadiya pendleton will be among the guests of first lady michelle obama. she attended hadiya's funeral on saturday and police lieutenant brian murphy hit by 15 bullets responding to the temple shooting last august in wisconsin. newtown victims and first responders also there tonight including a teacher wounded but that survived and rocker turned activist ted nugent who was investigated by the secret service after telling an nra convention, quote, if barack obama's elected i'll be...
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obama coming into the room. and we saw her going down to resounding applause. and i want to point out, you're looking next to her will be kaitlin roig, who is the first grade teacher at newtown who told me about taking her 15 first graders into the bathroom, shielding them from the gunman, saying, "the good guys are on their way." >> and the president knows he has a job to do on ending gun violence. he's laid out proposal, including universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, a limit on high capacity magazines. i want to bring in our own matthew dowd right here. he knows that most of that or a lot of it is not going to get through this congress. >> this interesting thing about this speech is, he'll obviously have a litany of things but he's hanging his hat, from what we can tell, about who he has in that crowd and who he's brought in. on gun control legislation. it's going to be a very difficult thing to get some of that stuff through, even in the aftermath of the crisis we face. >> even among, donna brazile joining us tonight, even among democrats, es
obama coming into the room. and we saw her going down to resounding applause. and i want to point out, you're looking next to her will be kaitlin roig, who is the first grade teacher at newtown who told me about taking her 15 first graders into the bathroom, shielding them from the gunman, saying, "the good guys are on their way." >> and the president knows he has a job to do on ending gun violence. he's laid out proposal, including universal background checks, an assault...
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abe and obama agreed to cooperate on another source of concern. they said they'll work through the u.n. secretary council on tougher sanctions in north korea. they have urged leaders in pyongyang to stop the provocation, however, those leaders have already signalled their intentions to defy those warnings. president obama indulged the japan-u.s. alliance the central foundation for allegiance security. abe agreed it worked to their mutual benefit. >>> china's leaders were paying close attention to abe's visit, and they didn't like what they heard. a government spokesperson took issue with another statement on ownership of the senkaku islands. >> translator: no matter what excuses are made, japan can't change the fact that it illegally occupies chinese territory. >> they will urge china's leaders to address the issue correctly. she said they should be able to work to improve bilateral relations. they propose a transpacific free trade agreement. china is outside the negotiations. >> translator: we believe each state should consider the asia pacific r
abe and obama agreed to cooperate on another source of concern. they said they'll work through the u.n. secretary council on tougher sanctions in north korea. they have urged leaders in pyongyang to stop the provocation, however, those leaders have already signalled their intentions to defy those warnings. president obama indulged the japan-u.s. alliance the central foundation for allegiance security. abe agreed it worked to their mutual benefit. >>> china's leaders were paying close...